USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Which of the following limited civil rights of Americans during W.W.I.?

(A) The War Industries Board

(B) The War Labor Relations Board

(C) ** The Sedition Act

(D) The Food and Fuel Act

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.

Concept note-2: -It passed the Espionage Act of 1917, which has been described as an “overt assault upon First Amendment freedoms.” The law criminalized attempting to cause insubordination to the war effort, willfully attempting to cause insurrection and obstructing the recruiting or enlistment of potential volunteers.

Concept note-3: -“The federal government severely curtailed civil liberties, and the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918 criminalized virtually any opposition to World War I.” current conflicts.

Concept note-4: -The Republican minority in Congress argued that sedition laws violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and the press. The Federalists countered by defining these freedoms in the narrow English manner.